Ahmad Azra bin Salleh, a Malaysian aged 54, was appointed to the Board of Petra Energy Berhad (“Petra Energy”) on 13th July 2010.

He is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee and the Board Risk Management Committee of the Board of Petra Energy.

He is a graduate of the University of London and was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in September 1987. He is a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, United Kingdom. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London.

He specialises in the field of Construction Law and has more than 23 years of experience as a practicing Advocate and Solicitor in this field. He also advises in areas such as privatisation, corporatisation, corporate and commercial.

He started his legal career in 1981 as a corporate legal adviser in Shell U.K.’s subsidiary company, Shell Malaysia (Trading) Sdn Bhd, handling all corporate and commercial matters involving public and private companies in the Shell Group.

He entered into private practice as an advocate and solicitor in 1987 as a civil litigation based practitioner. He was a partner in Messrs. Zaid Ibrahim & Co. from 1988 to 1994 handling corporate, commercial and construction contracts principally for the Project Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (“PLUS”) Highway. He is now practicing as a partner of the legal firm Messrs. Azra Salleh & Co.

He is also involved in arbitration and also advises both public and private companies in construction industry matters.

He does not have any family relationship with any member of the Board or major shareholder of Petra Energy. He does not have any conflict of interest with Petra Energy and neither has he been convicted of any offence within the past 10 years.